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Tropical ecology / John Kricher.
Holman Biotech Commons QH541.5.R27 K75 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kricher, John C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rain forest ecology.
- Ecology--Tropics.
- Ecology.
- Tropics.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 632 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- What and where are the tropics
- Biogeography and evolution in the tropics
- Inside tropical rain forests : structure
- Inside tropical rain forests : biodiversity
- A study in biodiversity : rain forest tree species richness
- A shifting mosaic : rain forest development and dynamics
- Biotic interactions and coevolution in tropical rain forests
- Trophic dynamics in evolutionary context
- Carbon flux and climate change in tropical ecosystems
- Nutrient cycling and tropical soils
- Tropical savannas and dry forests
- Other tropical ecosystems : from the mountains to the rivers to the sea
- Humans as part of tropical ecosystems : focus on the neotropics
- Forest fragmentation and biodiversity
- Conservation outlook for the tropics
- Appendix: geologic time chart.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 566-593) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691115139
- 0691115133
- OCLC:
- 664082987
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